GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): The governor of southern Ghazni province on Monday said a number of rebel groups had recently joined the Taliban but they would face an offensive in the winter. Governor Abdul Karim Matin, addressing a press conference in the...

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): At least 12 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a security post in Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Monday. A local security official who wished to go...

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Two policemen and as many Taliban gunmen were killed and seven security personnel were wounded during separate clashes in northwestern Badghis province, an official said Monday. The militants attacked a security check-post in...

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have torched at least two shrines in the Maqor district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took...

KABUL (Pajhwok): One person has been killed while three others have sustained injuries in a clash among Afghan migrants on the Greek island of Lesvos, a news report says. With the cause of the altercation among 10 Afghan nationals yet to be...

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Five Taliban insurgents were killed during an airstrike by US forces in the Azra district of central Logar province on Sunday, an official claimed. Saleem Saleh, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the US forces...

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): At least seven people were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in the capital of central Parwan province on Sunday, an official said. Provincial traffic chief, Abdul Karim told Pajhwok Afghan News that a Corolla...

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): A former National Directorate of Security ( NDS ) service member and a civilian were killed separately by unknown gunmen in western Farah province, officials said on Saturday. Police spokesman Nasir Mehri told Pajhwok Afghan...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Two commanders were among 16 Daesh or Islamic State militants killed in an airstrike in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. The airstrike was carried out last night in Momand Dara’s...

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): The administrative chief for Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz was killed in a landmine explosion on Saturday, an official said. A security source in the province, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Mines and petroleum director for Nangarhar province on Saturday said they could not supervise natural resources in the eastern province due to insecurity. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Eng. Sayed Saleh...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): At least four people including a child were killed and 19 others injured in an explosion in Pakistan ’s southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday. A Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle was the target of the attack on Sariab road in...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province say Daesh (Islamic State) rebels continue to receive support, with the result that the militant group is regaining strength with each passing day. At a meeting,...

Pul-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A 15-year-old boy from central Logar province, employed by a well-off man for 1,400 kilograms of wheat a year, says he is not allowed to work elsewhere. “From dawn to dusk, I have to work hard. Barring emergencies, I’m not...

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday vehemently denounced a deadly attack on a mosque in Egypt. At least 235 worshippers including women and children were killed during Friday prayers in a bomb and gun assault on a packed mosque in...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): An Afghan citizen has been found dead in a hotel room in Pakistan ’s port city of Karachi, the capital of Sindh province. Siddiqullah’s body was recovered from the room on the fourth floor of the hotel in the jurisdiction of the...